Cohen - Folk Devils and Moral Panics - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

1. What are more modern moral panics about?

Young people being deviant and as Critcher says also animal abuse and sexual films affecting young viewers
Kalos sexualisation, Game corner addiction, lemonade prices
Young people being deviant and as Critcher says also child abuse and violent films affecting young viewers
Old people being deviant and as Critcher says also child abuse and violent films affecting young viewers

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It goes around and around like a Poliwhirls tummy :)
Media coverage leads to large public concern about groups, police make more arrests, media report more deviance, young people identify with one group
Media coverage leads to large public concern about groups, police make less arrests, media report less deviance, young people identify with one group
Media coverage leads to some public concern about groups, police make more arrests, media report more deviance, young people stop identifying with one group

Deviancy amplification spiral, immoral panic and more authoritarian forms of control
Deviancy amplification spiral, moral panic and more authoritarian forms of control
Deviancy amplification spiral, moral panic and less authoritarian forms of control
Alergic reactions and dog leads

Trainers and Rangers being distortion world bent on destruction and there was serious Pokemon Battles with caused vandalism
As Mods and Rockers being hell bent on destruction though there was little serious violence or vandalism, most young people there didn't identify with either group
As Mods and Rockers being hell bent on destruction though there was little serious violence or vandalism, most young people could identify with one group
As Mods and Rockers being heaven bent on construction though there was little serious violence or vandalism, most young people there didn't identify with either group